Immigration and the Paris Experience

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Three to one-week immersion learning experience living and studying in Paris. The focus of the course is the culture, literature, and the arts of the African, Arab, and Asian communities of Paris. At least half of the course looks at issues surrounding immigration that affect women in particular. Students spend a minimum of fifteen hours per week visiting cultural centers and museums and interviewing authors and students about the immigrant experience. Assigned readings complement course activities. Students enrolled in FRCH 308 /408 do coursework in French. WLIT 308 /408, ETHS 308 , and WGST 308 students have the option of completing coursework in English. Graduate students have additional course requirements. Offered as FRCH 308 , WLIT 308 , ETHS 308 , WGST 308 , FRCH 408 , and WLIT 408 . Counts as a CAS Global & Cultural Diversity course. Counts as a Local & Global Engagement course. Prereq: Graduate standing.